CL Square, EMU, Famagusta
77th anniversary of Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s death will be commemorated at EMU on 10 November 2015 through various activities. The first ceremony commemorating Atatürk will take place at EMU Atatürk Monument at 8:45 a.m. on 10 November 2015. Following the national songs and Atatürk’s 10th Year Speech, a wreath will be laid on Atatürk’s monument by Rector Prof. Dr. Necdet Osam. At 09:05, a moment of silence followed by the National Anthem will take place. The ceremony will finish after Prof. Dr. Osam’s address.
On the same day at 10:30 a.m., a panel will take place at EMU Mustafa Afşin Ersoy Hall. During the panel, EMU Atatürk Application and Research Center chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan Cicioğlu will deliver a speech entitled “Memories from Atatürk” and EMU Atatürk Application and Research Center member and academic staff member Prof. Dr. Turgut Turhan will be talking about “Atatürk as a Transformative Leader”. Following the aforesaid speakers, Dr. Turgay Bülent Göktürk will be delivering a speech entitled “Atatürk in Press in November 1938” and EMU Atatürk Ideology Club chair Çağatay Kır will be speaking about “Atatürk and Youth”.
